The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-10-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

MenOiIS OF Wllnelmlne, Margarine of
| Balreuth. Translated and edited by Her
Royal Highness, Princess Christian of Schles-
wig Holstein, Princess of Great Britain and
Ireland, with portrait Certainly there is
nothing In fiction more remarkable than the
story OF Wilhelmine, Margarine of Baireuth.
She was the eldest daughter of Frederick
William l, of Prussia, and his wife Sophie
Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of George |
OF England Her brother, Frederick the
Great, was her beloved and devoted friend,
and to him she owed nearly all that was best
In her most sad and troubled life Abused
IN her youth by her father, her mother and
ner goyerness, treated by them all with in
conceivable violence and brutality, she tells
us narrowing tale Of suffering, priyation
and cruel treatment, while still persisting
that her father had a good heart and that
his faults were those of temper" One of
the most interesting features of the memoir
Oh the Margarine, is the history of her love
Tor her brother Frederick and their mutual
devotion to each other, which lasted to the
end Of their lives. Beaten, banged and
starved by her. father, her mother having
lalled TO bring about the marriage which
would have made her daughter Queen of
England, Wilhelmine at length sacrificed
herself for the good of her family and con-
sented to marry the Margarine of Baireuth.
ana we are thankful to say, learned to love
her husband and had a fair share of happi-
ness as far as her relations with him were
concerned Her memoirs are full of interest
ana as crowded with remarkable and aston
lshlng incidents as the most sensational of
romances. The work of the translator is
exceedingly well done, although the intro
duction does not compare favorably with
Mr.. Howells' clear preface to the edition of
this work published by J. R. Osyood & Co.
In 1877, and reprinted from the first English
translation which appeared in 1929. New
York: Harper & Bros; Portland: Loring.
Short O. Harmony
What to do? Thoughts Evoked by the
Census Of Moscow. BY Court Lyof N.
.Tolstoi. Translated from the Russian by
Isabel l.. Hapgood. This work of Tolstoi is
one OF those prohibited by the Russian Cen
sor; but, according to the translator ian
enterprising publishing house in Geneva
makes specially of supplying the natural
craving of man for forbidden f,uit." under
which head these essays Of Count Tolstoi
belong. They were circulated in manuscript
only In Russia. The census takers of Mos
COW arc thousand men chosen from the
people, who are detailed to ascertain and
report the condition of the inhabitants. and
establish for those who need it. a better life.
Count Tolstoi's plan has been to accompany
the census takers and having discovered the
needs OF the people, to relieve and assist
them, to help the poor, reform criminals and
make the world better. His first efforts were
naturally followed by despair for the suffer-
ers, and anger against men what could one
man do for the thousand persons. naked and
hungry, suffering from the coldp "But." he
says, "let thousand men approach that
other thousand with desire to help, and
the task will prove easy and delightful
And so Tolstoi sets the example for the
thousand who do not follow. He labors. he
suffers, he speaks and writes and he gives I'M
wealth and position. The man who in DAYS
past was "a hero and martyr" is now in
modern parlance called "a crank But all
the same Tolstoi is a genius. and all that he
writes with such power and pathos, must in
some way reach the souls of men. New
York; Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
Wit, Wisdom and Beauties of Shakespeare.
Edited by Clarence Stuart Ward. Mr..
Wards pretty and handy little volume con-
tains very well arranged series of passages
from Shakspeare's works. such as might be
useful to the general reader or writer for
quotation or reference. The editor very
truly says that at the present day few have
the leisure or interest to know Shakespeare
thoroughly, or have more than mere bow
ing acquaintance with most of his PLAYS
and thus it desirable to provide means
for increasing the general knowledge of his
works, and the array Of gems which Mr..
Ward has collected are not only valuable in
their present form, but may induce further
investigation ON the part of the reader. (Bos-
ton: Houghton, Miffiin g. Co.; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony
Jack the Fisherman. By Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Illustrated by c. w. Reed The
pretty and dainty cover of Miss Phelps's
DOCK acquires at once sad aspect from the
wide cross which decorates it, and suggests
the pathos to be found within. And indeed
a sadder or more pathetic history is not TO
be found than that of poor Jack, with the
curse Of heredity upon him, from which his
mother, the Fairhayen widow, could not
save him. Let the boys, to whom life seems
easy and fair and full Of promise, read the
story and ponder. There is a lesson in it
for FALL (New York: Houghton, Mifflin &
Co.; Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
Sea-Spray. or Facts and Fancies of a
Yachtsman. By S. @. w. Benjamin. Mr..
Benjamin, late United States Minister to
Persia, has collected series Of ten pleas
antly written papers into volume, which
makes agreeable reading, especially to those
interested in yachting and other sea sports.
They have been gathered from the columns
OF the Century. Manhattan and Appleton's
Magazines, st. Nicholas, New York Star and
London Art Journal, where they were wide
ly read 'and achieved popularity. New
York: Benjamin & Bell I; Portland: Loring.
Short & Harmony
Scheherezade. A London Nights Enter |
tainment By Florence Warden. This is a
clever enough story, but full of creatures
lovely and lissom," or "dark-faced and |
with eyes and teeth that CLEAN |
In the darkness" ''dazzing visions, soft |
scents that make the brain SWIM" "dim.
beguiling lights" and all the sensual para
phernalia that is the stock In trade of writ |
ers OF pure sensationalism. So long as there
are people to read such books there will be |
plenty to write them; but they are meretri- |
cious, unwholesome and enervating. New |
York: d. Appleton & Co.; Portland: Lor-
ing, Short g. Harmony
Gun House Balance Sheet Babson,
[Bridgton Newsl
John Babson, who has just died In Boston. 4
wa a nntahla nhnrantnr l.. Al.